The e-Labs use the Internet and distributed computing in high school classes and
provide an opportunity for students to:

Organize and conduct authentic research.

Experience the environment of scientific collaborations.

Possibly to make real contributions to a burgeoning scientific field.

Supported by QuarkNet, these projects are problem-based,
student driven and technology dependent. Students reach beyond classroom walls to explore
data with other students and experts and share results, publishing original work to
a world-wide audience. Students can discover and extend the research
of other students, modeling the processes of modern, large-scale
research projects. Students need only a web-browser to access distributed computing
techniques employed by professional researchers.

e-Labs address ALL science practices in the Next Generation Science Standards. The
Cosmic Ray e-Lab also addresses ALL engineering practices.

Support for I2U2 and Quarknet has come in part from the National Science
Foundation and the Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy. Opinions
expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the
Foundation or Department.